Senior Product Manager - Financial Planning and Forecasting (Hybrid - Seattle)

Job Description

About the Role

Nordstrom is looking for a Senior Product Manager to own and drive the product strategy for our Financial Planning & Forecasting capabilities. This is a high-impact role for a self-starter who takes initiative, identifies opportunities without being prompted, and drives work forward from discovery through delivery — partnering with leadership on prioritization and strategic alignment along the way.

Financial Planning & Forecasting is a critical function that powers how Nordstrom creates accurate, data-driven financial plans as part of an integrated enterprise planning process. The right candidate brings genuine expertise in retail financial planning and forecasting, a strong bias toward action, and the ability to navigate a complex, cross-functional environment with confidence.

This role will work closely with finance, operations, engineering, and data analytics teams to deliver solutions that integrate with enterprise systems — and will serve as the primary product voice for our finance business partners. The ideal candidate proactively identifies what needs to change, brings a point of view, and works collaboratively with leadership to drive it forward.

What You'll Own

• Craft and own the multi-year product vision and roadmap for Financial Planning & Forecasting — sequencing priorities, communicating the value proposition, and driving alignment with finance leadership and the CFO organization
• Proactively identify opportunities to make planning and forecasting processes best-in-class for our finance business partners — surfacing those opportunities, building the case, and working with leadership to act on them
• Translate finance business partner needs into actionable product plans — from discovery and requirements through prioritization, development, and launch
• Manage the full product lifecycle for forecasting tools and platforms, including Anaplan and Oracle Financials, with a focus on improving forecasting accuracy and optimizing how our teams work
• Lead customer research and independently synthesize insights into product decisions and opportunities
• Orchestrate cross-functional planning sessions and proactively manage risks, dependencies, and delivery timelines across your domain
• Communicate product strategy, roadmap progress, and performance metrics clearly to stakeholders up and down the organization — including CFO-level leadership
• Frame short-term versus long-term tradeoffs with conviction, bringing well-supported recommendations to leadership and driving toward alignment
• Write complete user stories and acceptance criteria; define testing strategy and quality standards for your domain

Who You Are

We're looking for a self-starter who takes initiative, builds relationships proactively, and comes with a point of view. This role has real scope and requires someone who can operate with confidence across a complex domain — while partnering effectively with leadership on the decisions that benefit from that input. Specifically, you:

• Are a self-starter. You don't wait to be handed a problem statement. You identify opportunities, build context quickly, and bring a point of view — engaging leadership as a thought partner rather than waiting for direction
• Own outcomes, not just tasks. You hold yourself accountable for the results your product delivers — not just the features you shipped. If something isn't working, you find out why and fix it
• Bring retail financial planning expertise. You understand how retail organizations plan, forecast, and measure financial performance. You know what 'good' looks like in this space and can credibly challenge or shape current-state processes
• Are comfortable with ambiguity. You can make sound decisions with incomplete information and know when to move forward versus when to slow down and gather more
• Build trust with finance stakeholders. You know how to earn credibility with finance business partners — speaking their language, understanding their workflows, and delivering tools that actually make their work better
• Spot improvement opportunities without being asked. You're constantly evaluating whether the current state is good enough and proactively bring ideas and recommendations to push toward best-in-class

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of product management experience with demonstrated ownership of complex product domains
• Hands-on experience with retail financial planning and forecasting — you understand the domain deeply, not just conceptually
• Demonstrated self-starter with a track record of proactively identifying opportunities, driving work forward, and engaging leadership effectively as a thought partner
• Experience with enterprise